Grade 704C Zirconium vs. C44500 Brass
Grade 704C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C44500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 704C zirconium and the bottom bar is C44500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 97 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 70 to 73 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 25.2 to 29.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 92.9 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |